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Milk: A Myth of Civilization

Herman Aihara

George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation Chico, California

Other books by Herman Aihara include:

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Acid and Alkaline Basic Macrobiotics Kaleidoscope Learning from Salmon Macrobiotics: An Invitation to Health and Happiness with George Ohsawa Natural Healing from Head to Toe with Cornellia Aihara Rice and the 10-Day Rice Diet with Cornellia Aihara Soybean Diet with Cornellia Aihara

This book is made possible through a generous donation from Chris and LisaMarie Nelson.
Keyboarded by Alice Salinero Text layout and design by Carl Ferré Cover design by Carl Campbell First edition 1971

Introduction
There was slavery in this country until a hundred years ago. When it was outlawed, another type of slavery was introduced. The new slavery is not black but white. It is not only in the South but all over the country. Armed with intellect, mass media, and science, the new slavery system brainwashed the majority of Americans, including some of the most educated people. This new slavery is the superstition that cow milk is a necessary part of the diet, not only of infants, but of children as well. The idea that cow milk is a necessary food for humans is a form of slavery, because it is a belief that makes humans dependent on cows. Such a claim is not new. The November, 1959 issue of Consumer Bulletin shares this view with me. “The noted nutritionist who favored more extensive use of milk for ‘super-health’ expressed the view that milk was the most natural of all nutriments because it is the one thing that nature has evolved for the sole purpose of serving as food. His idea was exceedingly appealing to some prominent dieticians and nutritionists and to workers in agricultural colleges, many of whom were delighted to accept and spread the view that the future health in America was linked to an even greater extension to the parasitism of man upon the cow.” The extension of this parasitism was so great a success that, now, according to the U. S. Government Statistics of 1967, Americans are consuming 80 billion pounds of milk or milk products a year. This consists of 28% of total food consumption and is the highest percentage, followed by meat (20%). In order to meet the demands of such a huge consumption of milk, cows are confined, given hor5

However.” In other words. The U. and other news media.6
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mones and antibiotics and forced to produce milk. Raw milk should never be given to an infant. “An important difference between cow milk formulas and human milk lies in the fact that. Why? The first reason for the increase of milk consumption is that cow milk contains much protein and calcium. while the milk of a healthy mother is always fresh and free from bacteria. Even pasteurization cannot be depended on to make milk absolutely safe for young infants. The same thing is true in the case of milk slavery. Food: Yearbook of Agriculture 1959. because he who exploits will be exploited. The third reason is that daily use of cow milk certainly develops man’s physical condition. Government frequently gives warning about the dangers of milk in its publication. In other words.
. man should not be a parasite of the cow. My aim in writing this article is to encourage man to choose his daily food from the standpoint of man as a part of nature—not from the analytical microscopic theory based on dead life in a test tube. When his judgment is not man’s. over-use of cow milk deteriorates the human brain to the level of a cow’s. many nutritionists and dieticians promote the use of cow milk. cow milk is not only inadequate for human infants (cow milk is for calves only) but is also dangerous. He becomes as fat and as strong as a cow. However. Therefore. milk consumption has increased tremendously within the last fifty years. When man exploits the cow and depends on its milk. he has to pay the cost some day sooner or later. any artificial formula must be heat-treated to destroy harmful organisms. This is not only unnatural but also unhealthy. It seems to me that man’s happiness depends on his judgment. The cost of this dependence has to be paid. One is the Negro problem. Americans are facing two slavery problems. The second reason is that the dairy industry promoted its consumption through television. Negro slaves were important laborers for the American pioneers who were dependent on slaves then. he certainly cannot be happy. radio. and the other is the problem of cow milk. S.

Thus. A month later. 1952.My Experience with Cow Milk
It was the beginning of October. and I was staying with an old farmer in Ohio whom I had known from Japan through correspondence.Y. Whether or not to use milk was a great concern at the planning of the summer camp. It was very delicious and rich. arranged the first macrobiotic summer camp in Long Island. N. In 1959. I tasted fresh milk for the first time in my life. I helped him with milking and gathering eggs every morning. We didn’t give cow milk to my children until they were about 7 or 8. none of the macrobiotic summer camps have used milk. I was living in New York City where I couldn’t find any milk that tasted similar to what I had had in Ohio. milk was eliminated from the camp kitchen. Giving them milk or milk products once in
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. Then they tasted milk at school or at a friend’s home and wanted to drink milk. It not only tasted bad. Ohsawa emphasized that milk can be used as a pleasure food. when I came to this country. Since then. we gave them cheese sandwiches for school lunch sometimes. George Ohsawa came to this country and gave a series of lectures in 1960 at the Buddhist Academy. because many young children were expected and milk was believed to be the most important food for the young. but also caused me to have diarrhea sometimes. He had a small farm and raised cows and hens. one of the attendants. So we give it to them sometimes. K.. Dr. as well as grew corn. but not as a necessary daily food. Although they got along without milk.

. and I don’t think this occasional use will harm their physical or mental condition.8
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a while satisfies them.

shall ye not eat. However. But flesh. It appears in the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament. It came as a shock to me to learn that a man by the name of Underwood was the first to feed cow milk to infants and that was in the year 1793. so I give their milk unto you. you probably believe that man has fed infants cow milk as long as he has used milk as a food or even since his nomadic days when he depended on his herds for what they provided.” Contrary to common belief that the use of milk is ancient. the nomadic way of life was the way fol9
. John Tobe claims that cow milk was never drunk by the children in Biblical times after weaning. even as the green herb have I given unto them.History of the Use of Animal Milk
In the Western World The use of animal milk seems to me to date back to very ancient times.” (XXIV)
Many sentences like these appear in the Bible. John H. and the blood which quickens it. Tobe asks in Milk. prepare and eat all fruits of trees. “How long would you assume that man has used cow milk to feed infants? If you made the same mistake as I did. and all milk of beasts good for eating. and all grasses of the fields. there is no evidence that another animal milk was used in feeding a human infant.” (XXII) ● “Wherefore. In the Western World. Szekely in his Essene Gospel of John:
● “Also the milk of everything that moveth and that liveth upon the earth shall be meat for you. B. According to E.

they had to move constantly where feed was available to their animals. Milk was probably an important food for these people and that is why the Bible recommends the use of milk. The environmental condition is one of the main reasons that the nomadic way of life was developed.
. the use of cow milk was prohibited (but not that of the water buffalo). in ancient times. they learned the art of milking various animals. The development of agriculture was due to the fact that the land was not as dry and therefore was fit for planting. the use of milk faded away because the environment of Japan did not agree with husbandry. This. they were able to settle in permanent places instead of adopting the nomadic way of life. I assume. In order to sustain their life. milk products developed in certain parts of the world where agriculture was difficult. However. in most of the world.10
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lowed by mankind for thousands of years. A governmental department of milk was even established. the world’s oldest human law. Thus. And the wandering way of life of these nomadic people may have resulted from the fact that the land was too dry to plant any vegetables. Because they relied on agriculture. Therefore. However. the use of cow milk was introduced in Japan about 1200 years ago from China. The Bible is the teaching of the way of life that developed among such peoples.
In the Eastern World Contrary to the Western World. and continued for a short time. and ill health developed among the milk users. However. According to the Code of Manu. which was compiled about two thousand years ago in India and is still the principle law of Hindu. comes from the fact that the Eastern people developed agriculture and their life depended on vegetables and grains instead of animal products. people depended on agriculture. The Chinese and the Japanese rarely used the milk of any animals. the Eastern World didn’t rely on much animal milk. instead of harvesting planted vegetables and grains. which required more intense labor and precision of timing.

there is loads of evidence available to prove that it is not even a good food. we have been told that cow milk is the perfect food.History and Use of Animal Milk
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In the Modern World It is very recently that the use of cow milk became fashionable and almost imperative to the proper growth of children. but believe me. the perfect food for man. and never was. who was it that told us or stated the myth that made us believe and accept the fact that milk was the perfect food? I don’t know. true. John Tobe wrote in his book. It has no basis in scientific data. “For approximately fifty years. Cow milk is not now. or a suitable food for human beings. In fact.” According to the Statistics of the Department of Agriculture in 1966. fact.5% 1%
. experience. Americans consumed foods in the following percentages:
Milk Animal Grains Vegetable Potato Fruit Sugar Oil Coffee Ice Cream Others 28% 20% 12% 11% 8% 7% 7% 3% 1. a myth it is. or test. if not adults.5% 1. a healthful food. Now. Milk.The simple. unadulterated fact is that milk is a big business and as a big business it is subject to the same sales pitch as any—and that is where the myth of the perfect food and ‘drink one to two quarts a day’ began.

and lactogen. We assume that mother’s milk is a transformation of her blood. This word is particularly applicable in the case of the birth of a baby and lactation. For example: 1.Human Milk
Life is a miracle. the answers to which I couldn’t find in physiology or nutrition books. She has to convert more than half of her blood to milk daily. The more I investigated the nature of milk. secretion of prolactin from the pituitary gland begins. As soon as the fetus is born and the placenta separates from the fetus. What mechanism controls the secretion of the hormones estrogen and progesterone? How do the hormones convert the mother’s blood to fetus blood? 2. Aspects of it are still unknown—even by 20th century science. the secretion of estrogen. At the same time. ceases. estrogen and progesterone are supplied in the placenta and help convert the mother’s blood to the blood of the fetus. instead of glucose (a simple sugar)? (If it produced glucose. This “stimulates synthesis of large quantities of fat. Why does the mammary gland produce lactose. Is this possible? If so.” (Medical Physiology by Guyton) How can this be done? How can the pituitary gland secrete prolactin? What is prolactin? What is the mechanism of milk production in the mammary gland? 4. When the fetus is in the mother’s womb. and casein by the mammary glandular cells. the more questions I had. how? 5. its job would be much
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. Milk is a miraculous product of nature. progesterone. Why? How? 3. lactose. A mother may have about five quarts of blood and be producing about three quarts of milk every day.

it is an emulsion of fat globules in a fluid. and weighs slightly more than water.07 K . tastes sweet. The breasts begin to develop at puberty. The content of human milk fluctuates from person to person.02 x0. lactation develops as follows: 1.) 6.5 x10 Ca . what will be the effect of this on the baby’s physical condition? One can ask hundreds of such questions.2 none Protein 6-8 1.5 K/Na . If a baby is fed sugar instead of lactose. months.009 . Essentially.03 x3 P .2% salts. of Agriculture Human milk is usually bluish-white. The average composition is 1% to 2% protein. 3% to 5% fat.01 x3 Fe . whether it is weeks.02 . from birth to birth. If the baby is fed carbohydrates instead of lactose.07 2. According to Guyton’s Medical Physiology. A mother prepares for lactation throughout pregnancy or even before. 6. The rest is water. what will be the effect on the baby’s physical condition? 7. or years.003 .5% to 10% carbohydrates.00001 .3 .1 x0. Modern physiology recognizes that milk production does not occur in one day. Their development is
.6-1 9. as with all milk. A Comparison of the Composition of 100 Grams of Blood in a Non-Pregnant Person Substance *Human Plasma **Human Milk Change Water 86 85.Human Milk
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simpler because blood has glucose.00001 none Na .6 4 x7 Carbohydrates .5 x36 * from Handbook of Obstetrics and Gynecology **from Composition of Foods by the Dept.05 x2. and 0.16 Fat . and from the start to the finish of the feeding period.

tremendous quantities of the hormones estrogen and progesterone are secreted by the placenta. lactose. which is secreted in the monthly menstrual cycle. Immediately after the baby is born. see Medical Physiology.
aveoli
ducts nipple
nonpregnant woman middle pregnancy during lactation
fat
Magnus Pyke gives a good explanation on milk production by the mammary gland in Man and Food. formerly inhibited by large amounts of estrogen and progesterone secreted during pregnancy. The first fluid secreted by the breasts. and casein by the mammary gland cells.14
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stimulated by the hormone estrogen. “The actual milk-forming cells can more precisely be said to pump glucose (author’s note: lactose) and fat through into the milk while holding back much of the
. which were formerly secreted by the placenta. Simultaneously. now stimulates the synthesis of large quantities of fat. (For specific details of physiologic and anatomic changes that occur. a marked production of the pituitary hormone. The estrogen and progesterone cause the further growth and development in the breasts that are necessary for nursing. there is a marked reduction in estrogen and progesterone. colostrum. occurs. and the breasts begin to secrete copious quantities of milk instead of colostrum. prolactin. During pregnancy. The colostrum is produced in 1/100th the amount of breast milk that will be produced two or three days after the baby’s birth. 3. The prolactin. contains the same amount of protein and lactose as milk but almost no fat.) 2.

in cow milk. 4. Fat Formation by the Mammary Gland The mammary gland can store fat supplied from the blood or converted from carbohydrates and protein. it is reduced by 1/7. the comparative amounts in milk versus blood are 10 times more lactose than glucose. In my opinion. The process must be a very complicated one because the human mammary gland not only changes glucose to lactose but also the percentages of milk components are quite different from that of mother’s blood. The stored glycogen is converted to lactose (a double sugar) by prolactin.” See preceding chart. This glycogen is stored in the mammary gland.
. the mammary gland works like a liver or a kidney. it is reduced by about 1/2.Human Milk
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protein and some other components. glucose is converted by insulin (which is yang) to glycogen (which is yangizing because glycogen is insoluble in water). This is the reason the protein in milk is much less than the protein in blood. in blood protein or cell protein. and as some physiologists claim. cystine. glycine. I speculate that the mammary gland functions as described below:
Lactose Formation 1. 3. 7 times more fat. In mammary cells. Fat deposit starts at puberty and grows greatly during pregnancy. notably sodium and chlorine. 3 times more calcium. I suspect that glycogen is formed from certain amino acids. such as alanine. Glucose is delivered to the mammary cells by arterial capillaries. 2½ times more potassium but less protein (1/7) and sodium (1/15). which is produced in the pituitary gland. 2. The liver also converts glucose to glycogen. As the chart indicates. and glutamine acid. serine. In humans.

it is claimed that the iron content of human milk is too low. so that mother’s milk fits the changing requirements of the infant. Such a consideration is rare in modern society where the feeding of cow milk or formula is popular.003 .00001 none Na . she looks for another mother who is nursing a baby of about the same age so that the contents of the milk will be of the right proportions. However. Na23 + O16 → K39 This reduces Na and increases K. Sometimes.02 .05 x2. K39 + H1 → Ca40 Ca and P are always positively correlated to each other. an increase of Ca indicates an increase in P.00001 . it is not the best food for man because it
.07 K .16
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Mineral Transmutation by the Mammary Gland
Mineral Comparison in Human Milk and Human Plasma Minerals Human Plasma Human Milk Changes Ca . Therefore. which probably results from the breakdown of water. if the mother does not produce enough milk. In Japan. The contents of mother’s milk change with the growth of the infant.3 . Some of the K will transmute to calcium when combined with hydrogen.01 x3 Fe .03 x3 P .02 x0. mother’s milk is best—at least the best available food for an infant. However.009 . this is not a shortcoming of human milk (other animals are the same).5 These changes can be explained by the biological transmutations of the element (see Biological Transmutation by Louis Kervran). Sodium will transmute to potassium when combined with oxygen with the help of an enzyme such as lactase. In short. rather it is an advantage because the newborn baby has plenty of iron stored in his liver or spleen.

nor long digestion. Milk can be a perfect food for an infant. milk is a secondary food when one considers that vegetables are the first products of nature. Milk decreases the transmutation ability. it is particular food. and produces blood. Milk is in liquid form so it requires neither mastication. However. Therefore. modern industry and commercialism promote the use of cow milk after nursing. Nutritionally. The mother eats foods.Human Milk
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is a secondary product. It should not be served after the teeth grow in for the purpose of mastication. Milk increases the amount of fat and cholesterol in the body. Using milk as the source of protein is a waste of natural sources. (Nature reduced protein in milk from the blood protein that the parent animal once produced. This is a mistake from the following point of view: 1. which the baby cannot do without teeth. It is not ordinary food. any milk is a secondary product—as is meat. Milk reduces the digestive power of the mouth. reducing its contents 1/7th. 6. labeling it a perfect food. which will lead to an allergic constitution. milk (any) is not a suitable food for children or adults. 4. Not many mothers nurse the baby for more than a year. However. 2.) 3. Brain development is hindered. digests them. about 7 pounds of protein must be eaten by the mother to produce about 1 pound of protein in milk because the mammary gland changes protein to lactose. Such secondary food is necessary because infants cannot digest primary foods such as grains and vegetables. 5. Also they can neither assimilate nor regulate the composition because the liver and kidneys are not mature. stomach.
. In the case of milk. and intestines. This blood is converted to milk. In this sense. which may cause high blood pressure or arteriosclerosis.

03 . Comparison of Cow Milk to Cow Plasma (from Man and Food by Magnus Pyke) Substance Cow Plasma Cow Milk Changes Water 91.Cow Milk
Cow milk is produced in the mammary gland of a cow. Compared to cow plasma.24 . and sodium (7 times).15 Chlorine .12 x12 Phosphorus .05 4.1 x10 Potassium . but less protein (2 times).01 .17 trace reduction Calcium .15 x5 Sodium .4 x0.06 3.11 x0.35 . phospholipids (6 times). functioning as a liver does. Mineral transmutation in a cow will also be similar to mineral
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.8 x96 Protein 7. In other words.34 . calcium (12 times). the mammary gland converts most of the protein to glucose (but not lactose) and fat.0 87.4 x60 Phospholipids .17 Cholesterol total esters .05 x0.6 3. phosphorus (10 times).96 Glucose . and potassium (5 times).31 The production of milk in a cow mammary gland must be similar to its production in a human.45 Fat . cow milk has more glucose (96 times).04 x0.01 .4 x0.

reducing Na and increasing K and Ca. “The total amount of milk produced and the proportion of fat in it are affected by the amount of thyroxine (thyroid hormone) circulating in the blood stream of the cow.” This report suggests that thyroxine might be a yin enzyme that promotes the transmutation of protein to fat. It has already been suggested that the increase in the butterfat content of milk from cows kept under cold conditions may be due to the increase in the secretion of thyroxine. Na changes to K. According to Magnus Pyke..
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transmutation in a human.. K changes to Ca.

he wants to eat more often. The curd of human milk.) of protein. Therefore. Heating cow milk makes curds smaller and softer. the use of cow milk as a food for infants may cause real trouble.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
Protein Cow milk has twice as much protein as human milk and must be diluted before a newborn human can tolerate it. The amount of protein in milk. which will supply 14 gr. is small. Therefore. cow milk forms a large. the infant feels full for about four hours after a feeding. tough curd when it is mixed with digestive juices. which. Karen Pryor says in her book Nursing Your Baby that “The infant uses the protein in breast milk with nearly 100% efficiency. the proportion of essential amino acids is high. After the first few days of life. the same amount of human milk supples only 3 gr. virtually all the protein in breast milk becomes part of the baby.) A 5 month old baby will drink 300 ml. on the other hand. little or none is excreted. (½ oz. However. However. Because it is mostly casein. stimulates his mother’s milk production. However. is soft and fine. (See Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe. of protein. from either a cow or human. This fact suggests the possibility of the baby having the ability to transmute glucose to protein. The stomach of the breastfed baby empties rapidly and easily. The baby fed on
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. in turn. but they still tend to curdle in the stomach. normally the breast-fed baby grows strong and well-balanced. This is the reason many nutritionists don’t consider breast feeding to be good. of cow milk. Therefore.

cow milk contains much more saturated fat than human milk. not her breast-fed baby. he needs water by bottle in addition to the water in his formula. uses protein with about 50% efficiency. Finally. “Since milk and milk products are saturated fats. on the other hand. Its harmfulness has been increased by the even more widespread use
. According to John Tobe in Milk.” This teaches us that too much protein from cow milk may lead to a condition of too little usable protein due to wasting. Thus. which are not yet properly equipped to eliminate unsuitable proteins and mineral salts. on the other hand. Human infants get plenty of water for their metabolic needs in their mother’s milk. especially in hot weather.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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cow milk.) However. needs water not only for his own metabolism. and must waste about half the protein in his diet. the saturated fat of milk is the first cause of hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). This is the result of strain on the immature kidneys. During hot weather. it is the mother who needs extra water. (See preceding charts. their use in the diet must be looked upon as a serious potential source of danger. investigators found that the weight gain was due not to growth but to retention of fluid in the tissues. For years it was widely believed that premature babies gained better on certain formulas than they did on breast milk. This fact can be the result of the baby’s transmutation—the baby creates or transmutes only necessary components from excess nutrients.
Water The comment on water in milk by Karen Pryor is excellent. but to enable his kidneys to eliminate the unusable protein and salts. The baby fed on cow milk. This may place quite a strain on a function that is as yet immature. This is one reason that I am against the use of cow milk after weaning. “Eliminating unusable protein is largely the job of the kidneys.” Fat
Fat content in cow milk is about the same as in human milk. She says.

’ meaning bile and ‘stereos. which accounts for more than half of all heart fatalities and kills 500. cholesterol itself is insoluble and cannot be destroyed by the body. an article on the causes of cholesterol and heart disease reports a theory made by Dr. or inner wall.” “The medical profession for years has been told through the medium of research findings that milk and milk products contribute to the cholesterol build-up in the human body and cause heart attacks. “What concerns him much more is the relationship of diet to the nation’s No. given it accounts for about 2% of the brain’s total solid weight.” “Cholesterol. the cornerstone of Dr. Scientists assume that cholesterol (from the Greek ‘chole. They suspect it plays a role in the production of adrenal hormones.000 Americans a year—twice the toll from all varieties of cancer. many practitioners even today refuse to accept the principle that animal fats are contributors to our causes of heart trouble. Keys says. it is mainly responsible for the arterial blockages that culminate in heart attacks. 1 killer: coronary artery disease. they are deposited in the intima. is a mysterious yellowish. In fact. Ancel Keys. 1961. and they believe it is essential to the transport of fats throughout the circulatory system. of a coronary artery. chemically a crystalline alcohol. carried in the blood and partly composed of cholesterol. and
. But they cannot fully explain the process of its manufacture by the human liver.” “When cholesterol is deposited in the walls of arteries. Keys’ theory. Explains Keys: As the fatty protein molecules travel in the bloodstream. waxy substance.’ meaning solid) is somehow necessary for the formation of brain cells.” In Time magazine. five times the deaths from automobile accidents. Although the fatty protein molecules. are water soluble. But the profession in general was slow to accept these findings and to pass along this advice to their patients. The proteins and fats are burned off.22
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of hydrogenated oils in most of our processed foods—and milk or milk products in conjunction with hydrogenated oils make a most ‘unholy’ and extremely dangerous combination. January 3. It says. They know it is the chief ingredient in gallstones.

M.” Dr. distinguished Boston pathologist. November 1959) Dr. is to “Eat less fat meat.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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the cholesterol is left behind. He claimed that arterial changes are produced experimentally in the rabbit by artificial feeding with cholesterol. as far as is known. As cholesterol piles up. Eventually. fewer eggs and dairy products. and correspondingly common in countries where econom-
.” Consumer Bulletin. rare in underprivileged countries where milk and butter are not used.S. Leary noted that egg yolk is intended for the embryo and milk for the infant. Dr. which Dr. and take an even sharper cut in saturated fats. diet by more than one-third. Sinclair has been cautiously against the overfeeding of children. member of The Royal College of Physicians. particularly with cow milk and butter. seals off the flow of blood to the heart. H. liver.” Excessive use of cow milk and butter (and of margarine of the mass-marketed kind) is one of the causes of essential fatty acid deficiency. According to Consumer Bulletin. milk. that dies in early life from coronary sclerosis. that “Man is the only animal that ingests eggs and milk throughout its lifetime. irritates. butter. kidneys. wrote an article called “On the Origin of Atherosclerosis” in Archives of Pathology. Sinclair. and provokes a heart attack. encouraging formation of calcium deposits and slowing circulation. one of two things happens. March 1960 issue.” (“On Milk. Keys’ advice for Americans to reduce fat calories in the average U. the amount of which is especially high in eggs. the deposits themselves get so big that they choke off the artery’s flow to the point that heart cells die. cream. Man is also the only animal. Sinclair and others think has an important relationship to the causation of coronary disease. A clot forms at the site. “Dr. and damages the artery. Or. and the heart is permanently injured.” This cholesterol theory dealing with atherosclerosis dates back to April 1934 when famous Dr. it narrows. Timothy Leary. noted a lack of unsaturated essential fatty acids (particularly linoleic and arachidonic acids) in cow milk. and pork. and that acquires atherosclerosis almost universally in advanced life. teacher of human nutrition at Oxford.

the proper growth of the infant may be severely hindered. cirrhosis of the liver and. Otherwise. he is almost certain to develop cataracts.” Why use cow milk and risk such danger and expense? Lactobacilli in Milk (from Fundamentals of Bacteriology by Martin Frobisher.24
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ic conditions permit these foods to be consumed freely. if he does not die.
Sugar Breast milk contains about twice as much sugar as whole cow milk. glucose. and its presence makes it easier for the infant to utilize proteins. Lactobacilli. and are frequently present in market milk. the infant may have trouble in the metabolism of galactose. They are important in the dairy industry in several ways. and other compounds. 1964 issue of Time magazine. The author thinks that this fact contributes to the reason that the breast-fed baby eliminates almost no protein. Jr.”
. and jaundice. lactose is easier for the infant to digest. If sugar is added to raise the glucose content of cow milk. the symptoms of which are listlessness. to be mentally retarded.” “Since the baby cannot metabolize galactose to glucose.. the sugar that the body burns for energy. According to Karen Pryor in Nursing Your Baby. a baby must be put on a special milk-free diet.. on plants and around barnyards. She also reports that a high lactose concentration may help the absorption of calcium. “When blood and urine tests of infants show an excess of galactose (cow milk sugar). a report on infant disease caused by cow milk sugar states that. whereas that in cow milk includes galactose. In the November 27. but the quality of sugar is different also. failure to gain weight. as their name implies. The sugar in human milk is largely lactose.) “The organisms of this germ are widely distributed in soil.. are associated with lactic acid production. Not only is the quantity of sugar between cow milk and human milk different. although possibly not in such large numbers.

and it may be due to this that L. He attributed this to the beneficial effects of the soured milk. acidophilus).” “Metchnicoff observed that. the famed Russian biologist who was director of the Pasteur Institute and winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine in 1908 (along with Paul Ehrlich). Bile produces low surface tension. He observed that in the human intestines a diverse flora of both friendly and unfriendly organisms exist and that the presence of the friendly colonic organisms implanted into the
. and the leben of Egypt are examples of these. longevity was common. and particularly to Lactobacillus bulgaricus or the ‘Bulgarian bacillus’ found in yoghurt and leben. among people drinking these sour milk beverages. Lactobacillus acidophilus is used to produce a similar fermented milk product called ‘acidophilus milk’. This is probably erroneous. laid down the principle that the human body can protect itself to a great extent against the invasion of unfriendly bacteria by its own resources. can. bulgaricus cannot be implanted in the intestine. a closely related species. The yoghurt (L.” “In certain countries lactobacilli have been used for hundreds of years in combination with certain yeasts and streptococci to produce beverages of fermented milk. “Elie Metchnicoff.” “It was found later that L.” “In this country. acidophilus. since the intestinal contents contain bile. He became the foremost exponent of the idea that if these fermentative organisms could be implanted in the intestine. certain species are also found in large numbers in the intestinal contents of infants (L. bulgaricus) of eastern and central Europe. the koumiss of Central Asia. while others occur in souring vegetable products like ensilage and sauerkraut. bifidus) and in the vagina (L. life might be prolonged. the busa of Turkestan. They are rarely associated with disease but a few cases of infection due to them have been reported. They grow well in milk at a temperature of from 300 to 600 C. the kefir of the Cossacks.” John H. Tobe says in Milk.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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“While commonly found in milk and cheese (they are important in the ripening of cheese). bulgaricus cannot grow in fluids having low surface tensions. while L.

scarlet fever. and it is invariably found in high concentration in breast milk. child.” “This intestinal bacterial flora. on the other hand. whereas other sugars result in an alkaline medium.26
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infant’s digestive tract with the first few drops of the breast milk is a vital development of nature and is also most essential for the later years. “is its effects on the bacteria that grow in the baby’s intestines. It is called Lactobacillus. The intestinal tract of the artificially-fed baby. intestinal bacterial flora. and measles are seldom if ever contracted by nursing infants. By-products of bifidus metabolism
.” “It has been provided by nature that breast milk contains a group of complex intestinal bacteria flora vitally important in establishing normal conditions in the intestinal tract of the infant. supports the growth of many organisms. That is why the stool of the artificially-fed baby has the usual fecal stench. Therefore. while the stool of the breast-fed baby has no unpleasant odor. Many bacteria cannot survive in an acid medium. and adult would have a much better chance of health if these organisms were supplied at birth. once implanted in the infant. mumps. should by normal continuance and multiplication last a human being till the end of his days. The intestinal contents of the breast-fed baby are practically a pure culture of one beneficial organism. The process of digesting lactose creates an acid medium in the baby’s intestinal tract. it is believed that human milk gives immunity from certain diseases.” “One important contribution of human milk sugar.” according to Nursing Your Baby. as nature intended and provided for. with its alkaline contents. But an infant. I further suggest that the widespread affliction of allergies is mainly due to the lack of.” “It is my contention that this intestinal bacterial flora will protect a human being against most allergies. or too weak or inefficient. including harmful and putrefactive bacteria.” “Typhoid fever. This was the principle of his famous theory of phagocytosis.” “There is no reason to doubt that this intestinal bacterial flora can be acquired from various live enzyme-containing foods over a period of time. Lactobacillus bifidus.

thus. Therefore. found that human milk contains a sugary compound. which is not found in the milk of cows. Keiichi Morishita. which resists stomach acid and is able to
. bifidus.
Lactobacilli (by Dr. one of the first physiologists to claim that blood is made in the intestine from food under normal conditions. breast feeding can be recommended because milk is drunk from breast to mouth without being exposed to the air. the bifidus factor. Lactobacillus acidophilus has a strong resistance to acid and is a main component of the lactobacilli beverages. Lactobacillus bulgaricus exists in raw cheese. The bifidus factor and the acid medium resulting from the digestion of lactose in breast milk promote the establishment of a safe and protective bacteria in the newborn and. Lactobacillus bulgaricus 2. They have resistance to acid. and which is essential for the growth of many varieties of L. They decompose sugar and produce lactic acid. discoverer of Vitamin B6 and pioneering researcher into human milk and nutrition. My translation appears in the following several chapters. are most important for humans: 1. The properties of these lactobacilli indicate their extreme importance for our health: 1. Keiichi Morishita. 2. Dr.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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make the infant’s intestinal tract even more resistant to the growth of other. invading organisms.” It continues: “Dr. Lactobacillus bifidus is present in infants who are nursed by their mother’s milk. Lactobacillus bifidus. This is especially true of the lactobacillus acidophilus. wrote about milk in the macrobiotic magazine in Tokyo.” Also bottling or other means of feeding may cause oxidation of milk and growth of undesirable bacteria. offer him real protection against invading organisms. author of Hidden Truth of Cancer) There are about 100 types of lactobacilli known today. however. Lactobacillus acidophilus 3. Paul Gyorgy. Two or three kinds.

it is of no use to eat foods that are rich in vitamins when we have the anoilinase bacteria in our intestine. Vegetarians can live longer because the lactobacilli in their intestine decreases less with aging. If we have enough lactobacilli. By changing to breast milk after feeding a baby with artificial food. may seem plausible. Such a baby acquires a weak constitution with body cells that are not sound. Lactobacilli are good for the prevention of food poisoning. a bacteria called anoilinase grows in the intestines and destroys these vitamins. but we can produce them if we have these bacilli in our intestines. and cholera are not solely caused by their bacteria. The food value of milk exists only when lactobacilli are present. The reason for this is that the lactobacilli have been destroyed by the high temperature of heating. However. if we eat much meat and sugar. various unimportant bacilli grow. but if one has lactobacilli in his body. If this continues. If. This bacilli is important for the proper growth of children. present pasteurized milk has no value at all in this respect. the milk is extracted from the breast. but actually are caused more by lack of lactobacilli in our intestine. With respect to the nutrition of food. as is believed by current medical theory. heated to the boiling point and then given to the baby. However. we will not be affected even if we ingest some cholera bacteria. he can prevent this reaction. however. dysentery.
. 4. The reverse is also true. these bacilli disappear and. However. In nature. the baby will soon die. These important lactobacilli decrease proportionally with aging. A baby who has been nursed by its mother has many lactobacilli bifidus. Oysters often cause poisoning. a baby drinks only breast milk directly from its mother’s breast. when the baby is fed artificially. lacking in the meat-eating Western countries. This tendency is greater among meat-eaters. the lactobacilli will increase. we must consider not only its composition but also its physiological change in our body. Typhoid fever. Thus. instead. They produce a growth factor that enables children to develop. 5. The idea of drinking milk to supplement the lactobacilli.28
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reach the intestine. 3. the baby will not grow. They produce vitamins.

Even a baby cannot grow from it. human babies do not like cow milk. However. they are unknowingly cleansing their systems by drinking much milk. Since pasteurized milk has preservatives and a protein which differs from our own. also sometimes kills the important and useful lactobacilli. However. The preservatives used in pasteurized milk also have a destructive effect upon the lactobacilli of milk. the baby was adapted to cow milk at birth. it should be a warning that the baby’s constitution is somewhat similar to that of a cow. These calves died within three months. 2. By nature. etc. This process is aimed at killing the chloroform organism which. pasteurized milk is no longer milk. canned foods.S. The result is a condition of diarrhea. particularly milk. Low heat (140°F) sterilization. but also contains preservatives which may kill our own lactobacilli. however. Addition of preservatives. are a result of the mother’s drinking a lot of milk during pregnancy. dyed foods.
Pasteurization Pasteurization. Dept. Several years ago. according to scientists. taken from this standpoint. the U. It is somewhere between that of a human and a cow. the calcium and nutritional value of milk is meaningless because it does not stay in our body. according to Funk & Wagnell’s Encyclopedia. the intestines rejects it. Then. it is that of a bowel loosener. Therefore. if a baby likes cow milk. People today eat many poisonous foods such as meat. if a person’s health is improved by drinking milk. This process. Even if lactobacilli are added with the preservatives. Usually. of course. to a temperature
. If pasteurized milk has any value at all for us. These conditions. it indicates that his constitution is also similar to that of a cow’s. of Agriculture experimented by feeding calves pasteurized milk. Pasteurized milk is a poor milk because it not only lacks lactobacilli. they will refuse it. In addition. is harmful to humans.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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Pasteurization of milk involves two processes: 1. processed foods. the drinking of milk acts as a laxative or cleaner. Thus. is the process of heating a liquid.

It is a fact that the dairy business is a large one and it would probably never have grown to its present proportions if pasteurization had not gone into effect. the wine was turning sour before it could be sold and something had to be done about it. Protein and calcium molecules are changed as well. and composition by heating. pasteurization kills important bacteria. In this way.30
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between 131°F and 158°F to destroy harmful bacteria without materially changing its composition. As Dr. B1. because of this. it is possible to use milk in a great variety of products. However.) Due to uncleanliness and other factors. Vol. If this definition of pasteurization is right. there is no real pasteurization in the market because all pasteurized milk is changed in flavor. or nutritive value. Also. K. he saved the wine industry. the lack of vitamins in milk will bring trouble in handling sugars. So Louis Pasteur found a way of killing off the germs or bacteria that were causing the trouble. Contrary to its original intention or definition of pasteurization. he had nothing to do with the pasteurization of milk. people who eat much sugar need lots of vitamins. 9. Most vegetarians do not rely on milk as a vitamin supply. Also. E. Morishita claims. “It was found that the pasteurization and normal handling of milk alters vitamins C. and Riboflavin. The dairy products hold the largest share of the American farmers income. However. Therefore. of the value contained in milk. 6. it destroys much. The pasteurization of milk is a gimmick created by commercialism—money-making greediness under the names of sanitation and life saver. The process was named after the French chemist. most of the vitamins are destroyed. (See Macrobiotic Monthly. Pasteurization definitely makes milk last longer and makes its handling easier.” “One of the strongest arguments in favor of pasteurization is that
. Louis Pasteur. He created the process that bears his name purely to save the wine-makers in France from going bankrupt. No. Milk and milk products make up 28% of the weight of food Americans eat. if not most. It also alters the enzyme growth factors and anti-stiffness factors. flavor. nutritive value.

Breastfed babies. breast milk continues to be a good source of the vitamins they need. This is interesting because a cow eats mostly raw grasses. which supposedly contain a lot of vitamins. do not need any outside source of food until around the age of five or six months. Pasteurization will destroy this. of Agriculture and our Health Dept. In the rest of the world. are unable to guarantee us clean. If the baby does
. if she is not a raw vegetarian. Vitamin D controls the baby’s ability to absorb calcium. and yet her milk contains far more vitamins. the breast-fed newborn has more than five times the amount of vitamin E in his system than does the bottle-fed baby. Breast milk contains plenty of the fat-soluble vitamins A and E. a human mother eats mostly cooked foods. this amounts to nothing else but buck-passing. It is a suggestion that our Dept. whole raw or unpasteurized milk contains all the known vitamins in proportions corresponding almost completely to the requirements of the animal body. wholesome milk.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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it prevents us from falling victim to disease spread by dirt and filth. on the other hand. Yet.
Vitamins Cow milk contains only 1/2 to 1/10th the essential vitamins contained in human milk. This contradiction does not make sense. The fat-soluble vitamin D does not normally come from diet except in northern and Arctic climates. In my opinion. On the other hand. “At the age of one week.” says Karen Pryor. Is this an indication that cooking destroys vitamins but will help us produce our own vitamins? This is the major reason why formula-fed infants must have vitamin supplements or some food supplements. I will not argue this point further because I do not recommend cow milk for human consumption anyway.” (Milk by John Tobe) It is very strange that most nutrition authorities of today advise people not to cook because of the destruction of vitamins and enzymes. Even then. they say that milk should be pasteurized. However. vitamin D is synthesized in the body upon exposure to sunlight. In any case. It is a suggestion that we cannot trust our farmers and our dairymen.

000 units of vitamin D daily along with her sunshine. therefore. On the other hand. When a cow converts blood to milk in the mammary gland. even for a fast growing child. vitamin C and vitamin B convert to a more yang substance. The calcium theory concerning human health goes roughly as follows: “The existence of a healthy condition is due to the abundance of Na and Ca in our system. Therefore. human milk contains a lot of vitamin C. Such overdoses of vitamin D sometimes cause unnatural calcium deposition in the fetus. drinking a great deal of milk. 1965 issue of Time magazine reports a case of vitamin D abuse: “One pregnant woman in Baltimore. I suggest that a cow can produce vitamin C by itself from its food. vitamin C is contained in large quantities in breast milk but it is almost completely absent in even unpasteurized cow milk. probably to protein. Keiichi Morishita) “The abundance of Ca in milk is another reason the modern theories of nutrition recommend drinking milk. In the event of an increased level of K and Mg compared to Na and Ca.32
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not receive enough sunlight. it can convert blood to a fairly yin substance. because a cow’s mammary gland is located in a very yang position (the lowest part of the cow’s body). has never been seen in a breast-fed baby.
Calcium in Milk (by Dr. Sometimes it causes mental retardation. was getting 2. who was eating well. sickness will follow. The Sept.000 to 3. especially the base of the skull. and chalky deposits narrow the aorta. From a macrobiotic point of view. However.” Interestingly enough. even in the case where the mother has scurvy. its bones. and taking her prescribed multivitamin capsules. the human mammary gland is located in a fairly yin position. as against a recommended daily intake of only 400 units. Production of vitamin C through the human mammary gland is so effective that scurvy. the disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C. grow unusually dense. we
. the breast-fed baby is unlikely to develop rickets until he is weaned. As a result. he may have rickets due to the failure to absorb Ca.

he is already walking around. milk for a human and for that of an animal naturally should be different. what kind of elements in milk cause the formation of a cow’s horn? When science reaches a more complete understanding of the difference between cows and humans. He will weigh about 240 pounds one month later. in other words. For example. However. This is the reason cow milk contains so much calcium—it contains 3-4 times that of human milk. vitamins. By this time.” I agree that our blood must have abundant Na and Ca because from my experience a healthy blood contains more Na and Ca than unhealthy blood. bone growth in order to meet the need required by activity and weight. is too simple-minded. while the animal develops its bone structure first. human milk contains phosphorus.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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have to eat foods which contain substantial amounts of Na and Ca. without thinking about such an order of nature. This element is very important for brain growth and development. The human baby develops its brain first. Therefore. sugars. Giving cow milk to the human infant. According to the Kervran-Ohsawa Transmutation Theory. The present scientific analysis lacks precision when it states cow milk is the same and as good as human milk. proteins. it will declare that cow milk
. (Translator’s note: Moreover. Ca can be made from Mg. they do not know exactly how cow milk makes cows and human milk makes humans. etc. a cow eats just grasses and yet has a large bone structure. I do not agree in recommending milk to obtain Ca. Science measures calories. which is present in chlorophyll. On the other hand. Na and Ca are elements that come mainly from animal foods. K and Mg are elements that come mainly from vegetable foods.) A baby calf weighs about 130 pounds when born. these four elements can transmute each to the other. by the addition of oxygen. However. This rapid growth rate requires quick development in body structure.
40 24 Ca20 ← Mg12 + O18 8
From this it is possible that we can have enough Ca when we eat only vegetables.

S. When it is given to a baby. cow milk. especially when it is pasteurized. even on an exclusively milk diet.) Allergy to Milk Time magazine. not all the vitamin B needs may be supplied by cow milk. even worse than their original complaints.34
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should not be given to humans. If the mother is not anemic during pregnancy. In most parts of the world. and with a high concentration of red blood cells. “Countless peptic-ulcer patients are put on a bland diet rich in milk and cream. such as egg yolks. except in the case of southern Asiatics where mothers eat only white rice. their doctors usually
. which is presumably diluted to normal over a period of growth.. enough of the vitamin B complex is supplied to breast-fed babies by their mothers whatever the diet. Furthermore. the amount of iron in human milk is the same as the amount in the mother’s plasma. this should not be considered as a small amount. “The baby is born with a good store of iron in its liver. reported that. Therefore. (U. in the October 1966 issue. Therefore.. as the result of nine months of feeding on its mother’s blood. contains less iron than human milk does. Government Food recommends egg yolks to three month old babies as a source of iron. we must depend on the right food for humans . not for cows. Cow milk is for a calf. According to Karen Pryor in Nursing Your Baby. the mentality does not grow and develop. If they then get cramping abdominal pains. Therefore. However.” This is understandable from the macrobiotic viewpoint because a baby is very yang. However. the baby’s stores of iron are probably adequate for the first year of life. he will grow rapidly (physically) as does the calf. will cause too yang a reaction in the baby. However. in fact. even in the case of cow milk feeding.
Iron Many nutritionists worry about the low content of iron in human milk. iron-rich foods. nausea and diarrhea. Our constitution and mentality is a result of what we eat.

reported two University of Colorado doctors in the Journal of the A. In the studies at the Baltimore University. “The bulk of the world’s non-white adult population is probably intolerant to milk.” “The enzyme is needed to digest the milk sugar. more milk means only more trouble. The scientists said that their findings raised serious questions about the advisability of shipping powdered milk to nutritionally deprived persons in Africa and Asia. the body must first break it down into two simpler sugars: glucose and galactose. released yesterday. intolerance often started to develop during adolescence and became well-established by adulthood. but they usually include abdominal bloating. the doctors reported.A. indicated. were intolerant to milk and lactose. and diarrhea after drinking more than a glass of milk. Shi-shung Huang and Theodore M.M.” “To use lactose as fuel. the usual explanation is a quick. glib suggestion that they must be allergic to milk. The trouble is far more likely to be a shortage of the enzyme that the body uses to digest milk (lactase). Drs. Bayless of John Hopkins University Medical School said that milk intolerance was apparently due to the lack of an enzyme.” “In a report published in the current issue of the Journal Science. The enzyme that does the cracking is lactase. studies by United States and Australian scientists.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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put them on a still blander diet—meaning more milk. living in the United States. 19 of 20 healthy Oriental adults. Nature intended babies to live on milk.” “They said that although non-white children seemed to be able to digest milk. If such patients shirk their milk drinking and their symptoms diminish. and lactase deficiency is fortunately a rarity in the newborn. Not so.” “An earlier study by John Hopkins scientists indicated that about
. lactase. For such patients. cramps. but the incidence increases with advancing age” An article from the New York Times called “Doctors Warn of Intolerance to Milk” reports.” “The consequences of milk intolerance vary somewhat from person to person. lactose. Lactase is produced by the lining of the small intestine.

have forgotten the more basic principle of life. cover and cook using a flame a little higher than medium. as a result of their analytical studies. Wet both hands in cold water and knead rice.36
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70 percent of adult American Negroes were unable to digest milk. Soak 24 hours. Bring water to boil in a steamer pan. Pierce mochi with a dry chopstick. Cook at a high heat for 20 minutes. A similar percentage of milk-intolerant persons was found among African Negroes in Uganda. Dip hands in cold water each time to handle hot rice.
When Mother’s Milk Is Not Enough If for some reason she does not have enough milk. the kneading process is completed.” “Bayless said that he hoped the findings of a high percentage of milk intolerance among non-white adults would be a warning to doctors who prescribed large quantities of milk to pregnant women and ulcer patients. Mix flour with very hot rice and pound with a Surikogi (wooden pestle). Scientists.
Rice Flour Mochi Recipe
5 cups sweet brown rice (pressure cooked) 7 cups sweet brown rice flour 5 cups water
Rinse rice in pan of water until water becomes clear.” Doctors say that those people are intolerant to cow milk. Turn off and let stand for 45 minutes. Bring to full pressure. Put soaked rice in pressure cooker. However. An adult’s condition is not fit for milk drinking. especially another species’ milk. If nothing sticks to it when it is
. Put a wet cloth inside pan after it begins to steam. those who are intolerant to milk are probably healthier than those who have no trouble drinking milk. turn down and cook for 20 minutes. Place raw mochi on top of the wet cloth and cover with the same cloth. When all rice grains are broken down. a mother should eat mochi or drink koi-koku (carp soup) or miso soup with mochi. from the standpoint of macrobiotics.

Add water and cook for 30 minutes. and carrot and saute for 10-15 minutes. Shred burdock and place in pot with carp.
. Drop in mochi and bring to a boil. Carp Soup (Koi-koku)
1 carp 3 times as much burdock as carp 3 heaping Tbsp of miso soybean paste 1 Tbsp oil (optional)
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Kenchin Zoni (Mochi with soup)
1 daikon (4") cut in large chunks. Remove the bitter part of the carp (gall bladder) carefully so that it will not burst. soy sauce. taro. Add enough water to cover. then chunks cut in 1/3" sections each section cut in 1/16" rectangular slices 1 carrot (4") cut in pencil shaving slices 1 burdock root (6") cut in pencil shaving slices 5 taro (albi or sato imo) cut in thin rounds 1 scallion cut in 1/3" rounds 1 Tbsp oil 1 Tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp salt 7 cups water
Saute burdock until smell is gone. Do not remove the scales. a pinch of salt. so that she can get plenty of calcium. Dilute miso soybean paste with a little water and pour over the carp. Add rest of salt. Add daikon. Cook for an additional hour. Put the bag of used tea leaves on top. The mother should eat everything in this dish including the bones. Turn off heat. and scallions. Take out tea leaves. Cut up the fish into half inch pieces. Serve with minced nori crumbled on top of soup. Cook 3 hours or until the bones are soft.

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Wakame Miso Soup with Mochi
5 cups boiling water 1 large handful wakame 1/3 cup bonita flakes or fish powder (optional) 1 Tbsp miso soybean paste 2-3 pieces mochi
Soak wakame 10-15 minutes. If the mother still does not have enough milk.
Milk Substitutes Western medicine recommends fruits and much vegetable and animal protein in order to increase the quantity of milk. Cook 20 minutes.
Special Rice Cream
1 cup brown rice 10 cups water ¼ tsp salt
Wash rice and toast in a dry pan. the ideal substitute for mother’s milk is special rice cream or kokkoh. Add water and salt then cook for about 2 hours or more on a low flame. and not nutritious. Such milk may result in an anemic child. Wash well. Squeeze out the cream with a cheese cloth or cotton cloth. However. stirring constantly until golden and the rice begins to pop. Cook about 10 minutes more and serve. Chop and add to boiling water. and stir well. add miso and mochi.
. watery.

dumb animal. For cooking kokkoh. From the second week to one month. (A stone grinder is best but a blender is all right. Jack Dunn Trop.”
. Most honest. however. A baby’s mother is now Bessie the Cow. see the chart on page 40. wellinformed pediatricians will admit that there is no substitute food for a child that can compare with its own mother’s milk. I find no reason to use my own words. use 1 tablespoon with ¾ cup + water. the president of Natural Hygience Society. The feeding chart is an approximation. Mothers have stepped off their pedestal.)
Conclusion I will quote various books because so many words have been stated by wise men on milk. As the baby approaches teething period.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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Kokkoh No. use 2 tablespoons with ¾ cup water. then mixed. contented. he can have more. Mix well.) For approximate feeding of kokkoh. 2
55% brown rice 25% sweet brown rice 5% white sesame seeds 15% oatmeal
All ingredients are first roasted. 1
35% brown rice 60% sweet brown rice 5% white sesame seeds
Kokkoh No. (This is not necessary with kokkoh. Although the cow is a docile. From the second month. placid. no member of the bovine family is as stupid as the mother who thinks that cow milk can nourish her baby as nature intended. wrote in You Don’t Have to be Sick!: “Modern science is so wonderful that a mother doesn’t have to nurse her baby anymore. Cow milk is best for a calf but not for a human baby. he should be given rice that is first chewed by the mother. If the baby wants more than the amount shown in this chart. use 1½ teaspoons with ¾ cup water at the first one week feeding. and ground up to a fine powder.

In Maiden Park in Calcutta. The milking of animals is an unnatural process. there are hundreds of millions of people who do not drink it once in their lives. They stroll along the streets and if a cow happens to sit down on the great boulevard. The use of milk is comparatively recent in origin in the history of the human race. Cottage cheese with stewed fruit is good for a transition diet. He said.
. Jack and Mitie. All the more.. It is considered the mother of the nation and symbol of the god of love and goodness. and forms a splendid addition to the diet thereafter.42
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Arnold Ehret said in Mucusless Diet Healing System that milk: “. In a reasonably healthy mother. (The English version is to be published in the near future by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation. which is one of the biggest parks in the world. breast milk has all the needed nutrients. All other kinds of cheese are highly acid and are mucus formers. They are extraordinarily respected like mothers. all we can say with complete certainty is that breast milk is the only completely adequate food for the first six months. Yet. If milk must be used.also makes a good glue for painting. A baby’s stomach cannot digest what a calf can.” Karen Pryor in Nursing Your Baby states: “As far as infant nutrition goes. the people do not drink much milk as the statistics (one person per thousand Europeans drink milk) would indicate. In reality. and even today there are people like the Japanese who hardly take any milk. there are always hundreds of cows walking around. Milk and dairy products are by no means staple foods with all people. then add at least half water and some lactose. It lowers their vitality and often makes them victims of disease.. Cow milk is too rich for adults and for babies.) “In India there are as many cows as there are in all the European countries put together. the tramway. and plainly destructive.” Otto Carque in Vital Facts About Foods has excellent views on milk.” I will finish my article with George Ohsawa’s writing. they do not kill the cow. It is a real park with cows. which is taken from his book. while it impairs the quality of the milk. “Milk and milk products are far from being absolute necessities for the maintenance of the health and vigor of the race.

” “In the West. or any traffic stop. one drinks milk. its blood. But.” “Here.” “It is Western medicine that recommends milk as the best nutrition for the baby. their babies become brothers and sisters to the calf. They are free.” “One drinks milk and eats animal meat. one considers the embryological and lactation periods as the most important for the psychological formation. several times this amount. in the West. It lives to be exploited and killed. economically speaking. No animal makes its offspring a milk-brother and sister to other animals. They are respected and beloved mothers of the nation. they drink millions of quarts per day. its meat. its gelatine. what logic is this! Here is an-
. Why? Because animal milk is nearest to human milk in chemical composition.” “In the countries of the Far East. Man’s children become adopted by animals. The foundation of all existence rests in the creative eating we do during our first years. Following next in importance is the physiological formation. It looks at man as the most cruel animal in the world. and its skin. one exploits the animals or depends for his existence on them. one estimates the annual consumption of milk and dairy products at $25 million. In Paris alone. which depends fundamentally on the nutrition of the first period.Cow Milk Versus Human Milk
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bus.” “Here in the West. By taking cow milk. What is most lamentable is feeding nursing babies and children cow milk. They are deprived of the glory of being a mother. in the United States. everyone waits until it removes itself. Western women have abandoned the maternal qualifications. The cell of bone and flesh in the Westerner is constituted mostly of animal food. More than 80% of the whole agricultural product of England is of animal origin. One cannot hit a cow. Even the Romans did not make their children into calves.” “Why does one make his own child a suckling to the animals? The primitive man does not understand at all. the cow has the right to live only on the condition that it gives its milk. In England.

linguistic.’ just as in the world of carnivorous animals. Such a subject will be discussed in some cookbooks. as ample evidence shows. sensorial. and social differences between a calf and the son of man? How do we identify a calf with the son of man? How incredible!” “It is here that we can and must find the origin of all Western misconceptions of the constitution of the universe.” “Don’t we realize the distinct intellectual.” “That is why force is the supreme law in countries of the ‘civilized. He cannot and should not be. including superstition and ridicule to which the mentality of the ‘civilized’ clings tenaciously.44
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other superstition like that of fruit and meat. Because one third of the total consumption of food in this country consists of cow milk. Americans must give serious consideration to whether or not cow milk is good food for man. The son of man is not the son of animals. in my opinion. moral. Modern civilization is perverted in its direction. lies in man’s eating habits.. The use of milk or milk products for pleasure and to make one’s life amusing and joyous would be an interesting subject.” “East is East.. One of the most important causes of such perversion.” My intention in compiling this book is to try to clarify the misunderstanding that cow milk is a perfect food for human consumption—by infants and children as well as adults. aesthetical. I am not against the use of milk for one’s pleasure on occasion. The son of man is the son of man and nothing else.
. spiritual. sentimental. West is West.

experimented by eating 2 ounces of Monterey Jack cheese every day. This cheese was bought at a respected natural health foods store in San Francisco.Appendix
About Milk Products and Chemical Additives A friend of mine. However. Here is a list of chemicals that are contained in some milk products: 1. He had to stop the experiment after only 5 days because the rash that developed on his skin was very itchy and started to bleed. Also. a chronic stiffness of the tissue might develop from the unsaturated fat of the cheese. excess Ca in milk and cheese may cause kidney stones and gall bladder stones. if such toxins stay in our tissues. The rash was gone in 3 days after stopping the experiment. who hadn’t had any fish or meat for four years. He had a much sharper reaction to cheese than most Americans. Lucerne Cream Topping dextrose sorbitan monostearate artificial flavor carrageenan propellent gases: nitrous oxide chloropenta-flouroethane
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. the result will be worse. Such toxins are not serious when compared with toxins from regular supermarket milk products. because his kidneys were not used to handling animal protein and the toxins that cheese might produce. Lucerne Processed Cheddar Cheese ascorbic acid added as a preservative 2. For instance.

aniline dyes and plastics. for bleaching. or simply stilbesterol.” “Hydrogen peroxide. for example).Appendix
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The recently published book Get Your Health Together by Joan Weiner has a good report on food additives and chemicals.” “Diacetyl. a plastic solvent whose vapor is irritating to mucous membrane.” “Diethylstilbesterol. a chemical scent. for neutralizing.” “Strontium 90 is found in milk.” “Heavy tranquilizers are given to cows so they won’t panic while riding to the slaughterhouse. is used to prevent loss of buttery smell when butter is stored. and magnesium oxide. piperonal (vanilla) also used to kill lice. are used in butter. butyraldehyde (nut) used in rubber cement and synthetic rubber. and poultry are dipped into antibiotic baths in order to prolong their shelf life when marketed. “Antibiotics are fed to milk cattle. is mixed with cattle feed to make them gain weight fast.” “Ice cream flavors sometimes contain ethyl acetate (pineapple.”
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About Dr. the sole purpose of which is the education of macrobiotics in the Western world. Majoring in blood physiology. he took his undergraduate work at Tokyo Medical University. Herman Aihara was the founder of the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation. was a great success. he was a practicing macrobiotic. and Macroguides. a monthly magazine. Los Angeles. and is still considered by many as one of the best books for people just beginning a macrobiotic diet. Morishita was an unusual individual who lived what he believes. His lecturing covered many cities including the San Francisco Bay area. His book. his biggest tours were for summer lectures that covered the entire country. graduating in 1930. he re50
.M. Morishita.F. Although he ranked high in the eyes of the medical fraternity. and in the macroscopic origins of life.O. However. Dr. an extraordinary medical doctor. He was a unique man in medicine who was interested not only in his specialty but also in philosophy. Keiichi Morishita Dr. In 1935. followed by many summer camps. astronomy. such as Macrobiotic. was one of the few scientists who confirmed that blood is made in the intestine by food under normal physical conditions. Seattle. and Portland once a week or once a month.About the Author
Mr. He edited many publications of G. He worked on macrobiotic education in the United States since he was elected the first president of the Ohsawa Foundation in New York City in 1960. Macrobiotics: An Invitation to Health and Happiness.

com. PO Box 3998. Morishita wrote many books for the layman and general public. He taught at the Dental School of the University in 1937 and in 1944 became the Technical Chief for the Tokyo Red Cross Blood Center. and Vice President of the New Blood Association. Or.ohsawamacrobiotics. He also was a member of the Physiology Association of Japan. gomf@earthlink. 530-566-9765. They include: The Origin of the Blood Cell Foundations of Physiology The Degeneration of Life Blood and Cancer Hidden Truth and Cancer Hidden Truth and Cancer was translated and published by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation (Macroguide No. Chico.
A list of books by George Ohsawa and others on macrobiotics can be obtained from the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation.net. visit www. Dr. CA 95927-3998. 2).About the Author
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ceived his doctor of medicine degree and was later appointed Assistant Professor of Physiology at Tokyo Medical University. The author of many research papers for the academic community. fax 530-566-9768. President of the Life Sciences Association.
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